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Ringfort - rath

Drumbaun, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumbaun, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumbaun
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.67902, -7.70538
SMR number
LF019-019001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 33m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4-5m; H 0.6-0.75m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.2-0.3m). In places the bank is faced with drystone masonry of uncertain date. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank at SE with a possible accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance. From NW-N-NNE a modern WNW-ESE running field boundary has been built on the line of the fosse. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a low outer bank and a house site (LF019-019002-) within the interior at S; these are no longer identifiable.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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